A goodbye

Hello everyone :-)

Its Lou here just letting those of you that don't know that our lovely Ruby Tuesday has stepped down. She has been with MTDS nearly since it started and has taken on an exciting new venture recently which is requiring all of her time,so we are bidding her a sad farewell. She has been an amazing member of the DT family and will be hugely missed for her talent, warmth and humor. 

You can keep in touch with her via her usual blog Ruby 2 Shoes.

We wish you all the luck in the world Ruby,and will miss you lots and lots!

Mwah! xxx

A new team member is being chosen and will start very shortly-so watch this space!

Lou x 

Clean and simple

Happy Tuesday! It's Ruby here.  I think you might want throw tomatoes at me this week.  I haven't had time to make a card so am posting one I made a couple of weeks ago with my new fave set, Lawn Fawn Flutter By.  I know, I said I'd do something different but this set is soooo adorable.  Hope you forgive me!

The sentiment is from Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler.  I think both sets are out of stock right now, maybe I've started a trend!

Have a fabulous week!

 

I'm doing pink!

Hi there, Ruby here.

Hope you're having a good week so far. 

As you have probably noticed pink is not my go to colour! I don't mind darker pinks or corals, but this kind of pink isn't my fave. I do however love using this copic trio, R85, R83 and R81 because it's really nice to work with and I wanted to make a card for my friend who loves pinks.

 

I wanted to create a flatter card for posting so thought I'd layer up with papers, something I haven't done for a while.

I used Lawn Fawn's Flutter By (Sorry, I promise to use something else next week!), Lawn Fawn's Check This Out (I cut the stamp so that I could just use the happy birthday words) and the leaves are from Paper Smooches Friendly Flowers.

Copics used ..

R81, R83, R85

W7, W5, W3

YR23, YR24, YR27, Y28

What colours do you rarely use?

 

Perky Plants

Hi there, it’s Ruby.  I hope you had a lovely Easter break and ate lots of delicious chocolate!  Today I have a little thank you card to share with you.  I thought the colour in the papers would add a bit of colour as we are entering Spring.

That little flower has always been one of my favourites, it’s from the Paper Smooches Perky Plants. I think they might be out of stock at the moment, but check back soon.   It’s a fun one to colour too. 
I hope you made the most of the long weekend.  Everyone seems so much happier with that extra couple of days, don’t you think.  Shame all weekends aren’t all that long!

Copics used…
R20, R21, R22, V09, V06, V04, YG05, YG03

Have a great week!

Thanks So Much

Hi, it’s Ruby!  Have you ever lost a stamp?  You know.. that one that’s your absolute favourite?  Well for my card today I am sooo happy to share a card using my favourite stamp from the Lawn Fawn Grand Greetings set.  It  honestly is my favourite sentiment, I love the funky writing.

I was rummaging (as you do) through my crafty supplies and came across this really old paper (I think it’s Bo Bunny) and thought how pretty it was, so I dug out my new (to me) Lawn Fawn Flutterby set and started playing.  I have wanted this set for ages, why oh why have I not bought it before, it is so much fun to use.

There are so many different combinations, yummy!  I coloured the two smaller leaves in the set that I attached to the top left, adding those adorable little flowers with pop dots and then coloured and pop dotted that fab butterfly on the right.  A bit of gem treatment to finish.  I think it’s a really happy card because of the colours.  I just love how paper can inspire you to use different colours, don’t you!



Copics used;
BG70, BG75, BG78, Y19, Y15, Y13, RV29, RV25, YG06, YG05, YG03, BG10

I think you might be seeing more of this set!

Have a great week! 

Out of this world

Hi there, it’s Ruby.  I’m sharing a little card today that’s out of this world!  I used the lovely Paper Smooches Space Cadet set to create this little alien card.



It’s a pretty straightforward card, nothing fancy. I used the following Copics to colour it in;

• YG05, YG03, YG01
• BG78, BG72, BG70
• BG15, BG13, BG11, BG10
• Y15, Y13, Y11
• R29, R27, R24, R22

Hope you have a fab week!

Ciao for now!

Happy 4 U

Good morning!  It’s Ruby here. 

What’s your weather like?  It’s been foggy this morning but the sun is starting to break through and it’s looking like a really lovely day ahead of us.  I love it when the sun shines, it makes such a difference to how we feel.


I went for a bit more elegant this week.  I’ve been doing a lot of cute lately so thought I’d go floral for a change.

Using this fab set ‘Framed Fonts’ from Avery Elle I just stamped the frame and wording onto some patterned paper and cut around it to make a label that I pop dotted.  I added some little banner detail to the bottom left and a tiny flower to finish. 


These would be great cards to make up with all of the different sentiments and have as a backup.  It’s a really useful little set.  I think these cards would even make a nice little gift card pack to give to someone so that they always have a card on hand. 
Note to self: Must add that to my to do list for myself, I never seem to have cards for me to give at the last minute!

Hope you have a lovely sunny day wherever you are too.  If you're a Mummy I hope you've got some lovely stamps on that present wish list of yours!!  If not, treat yourself, you deserve it!  We do a lot for our bubbas and deserve to be kind to ourselves every now and then :)

Have fun!

Mad Butterfly

Happy Tuesday!

Sorry you didn’t hear from me last week, my hubby hasn’t been very well. He’s had several attacks of gout recently and we ended up at the hospital for an x-ray to see if there was anything else going on. Thankfully he seems to be on the mend now. We still haven’t figured out why he gets it though.

Anyway, on to today’s card for my post over at MTDS – a mad butterfly. I made this for my friend, she’s mad about polka dots and I didn’t want to do traditional colours for her.

The butterfly is from the set by Paper Smooches’ Giddy Bugs and the sentiment is from Party Posse.

For this card I dug out some very old patterned paper and paper pieced the butterfly.  I just Copic coloured in his body using BG15, BG11 & BG10, RV63, RV66 & RV69.

The ribbon was VERY naughty, it just would not sit flat and although this card looks simple that bow took FOREVER to get right and I’m still not sure I like it lol.  To finish the card I added some little silver pearls (makes her look like she has bunches!) and a trail.

Hope you have a great week.

Just a Note

Happy Tuesday!  It’s Ruby.  I hope you’re having a fab week so far.   I’ve got a little book to share with you today and a matching peg.

 I was given this little spiral bound book a while back and I thought it needed a bit of colour to liven it up so using my Paper Smooches Perky Plants I added a bit of fun to it.

I stamped and coloured in both flower images using the Perky Plants set and I stamped the ‘Just a Note’ from Paper Smooches Sentiment Sampler.  The peg was just covered both sides with paper, I sanded down the edges, softening them off with some distress ink and attached the flower with pop dots.  I LOVE covering pegs, they are so quick to make and yet so pretty.

Copics used… 

B91, B93, B95, R08, R05, R02, R20, £81, E84

I hope you like it, I know it will brighten up my office.  Those flower stamps always make me smile!

He'll think I'm mad!

Hi, it's Ruby. My post today is a bit of fun for my man!  He will think I’m totally mad, but often he says that’s why he loves me, for my quirkiness.  Here’s hoping that continues after this…


Hopefully it will make him smile too when I present it to him in a glass of something. I think we often take life far too seriously, we need to add in some of that childlike fun back into our lives. Here’s mine, wish me luck. He will either think it’s funny or will get me certified as totally mad! If you don’t hear from me again you’ll know why lol.

I used Lawn Fawn’s Love ‘n’ Breakfast set, it has some adorable little brekkie images. 

You can use them for all sorts of things.. I’ve used it to congratulate someone on losing lots of weight, Get Well cards, Valentines and my friend even made us a Wedding card using the toaster, the toast, salt and pepper to build up a little scene.  It was adorable.

Copics:
 
R20 (cheeks), BG10 (outline), R39, R27, R24 (heart), YG05, YG03, YG01 (cupcake case) and YR30 and YR31 for the cupcake.

Hope you get time to play.

Have fun! 

Part 2!

Hey there everyone. It’s Ruby.  Sorry this will be a very quick post from me today because I’ve not been very well and still don’t feel great so can’t stay on the computer too long at a time. 

I made this little notebook last week using Paper Smooches My Peeps to match the card I made my friend. I also made her a flower brooch to go with it, I thought the colours blended quite well so it felt like I was giving her a matching gift set.

This was my card from last week…

Finally this is the little crochet flower I made for her…

All I need to do now is actually post it to her!

Until next week …

One Cool Chick

Hi there, it’s Ruby.  I hope that if you’re having snow it's not causing you too much hassle.  We have been stuck in a couple of times but I decided to use it as an opportunity to wind down a bit and learn some crochet.  It’s been on my to-learn list for-ever!  So far I can do a flower and a granny square!

Today’s card is for a lovely lady I haven’t known very long.  She is the most generous, kind, and fun person I’ve ever met.  So very knowledgeable, I feel really privileged to have met her.  She has been giving me lots of her time and guidance recently so I wanted to make her a little thank you.  I thought this proud peacock was up to the job!


I used Paper Smooches My Peeps.  For the top left I just stamped the one feather five times to make that five arrangement and coloured it in.  For the beautiful peacock I used the following sets;

• First fan: 5
• Second fan: 2, 3, 2
• Third fan: 2, 2, 2, 2

As you can see the sentiment is from this set too.  I need to use the Owl.  My friend coloured him the other day in the most beautiful colour variations, must play!

I used the following Copics:

• G09, G05, G03, G02
• YG25, WG23, WG21
• V09, YR30

Stay safe and cozy! 

Funky Flowers

Hi, it’s Ruby.  I’ve got a simple little thank you card to share with you today. 

I think I could have done with running this through PSE to straighten it up a bit, it is straight in real life, honestly!

I used Paper Smooches Friendly Flowers for the little flower and coloured it in using my copic markers.  I like to stamp out images and sit and colour them when I get time, that way I always have a little stash of images to use on cards when I need them. I must be due another session soon. 

Mostly I’m inspired by patterned paper so I use that as my starting point when choosing what colours to use, I find it really helps.  How do you choose what colours to use?

I really must use this set more often, it’s so lovely and I’ve only used a few stamps from it so far. 

That’s it from me for now, back next week!

Happy crafting.

Needs More Added?

Hi there, it’s Ruby.   This week’s card was made using some new to me stamps by Avery Elle.  I have not tried their stamps before and I have to say I was really impressed with them.  They stamp really clearly and I love the sentiments in this set.

Here’s what I created with my set.  I needed a few simple thank you cards.  I’ve always liked stamps that have a mixture of words based on the same theme, in this case thanks.


My hubby took one look at it and said, ‘It doesn’t look like it’s finished’.  He then tried to redeem himself by adding, ‘Well it doesn’t, you normally do that layering thing with your pop dots’.  I have been trying my hand lately at CAS, it seems to be what I am more inspired to do.  Oh well, it’s at least another one of my thank you cards made lol.

This is the lovely stamp set…  It’s called ‘Framed Fonts’


Have a fab week!

Happy New Year!

Well hello!!!  It’s Ruby.  Happy, totally wonderful and fabulous New Year to you! I wish you everything you wish for yourself.

I am here to do the first 2013 post for MTDS, I’m the first person up to start of the New Year.  How exciting, a whole year of inspiration is waiting for you.

I made this little notepad for my friend that is mad about sending me ‘Did you know…?’ texts.

Some examples of the kind of thing I mean are..

• Did you know cats spend 66% of their life asleep?
• Did you know Switzerland eats the most chocolate equating to 10 kilos per person per year? (I soooo need to move!)
• Did you know a 'jiffy' is actually 1/100th of a second?

Anyway onto my project…


I used Paper Smooches Smarty Pants and the following Copics…

BG49, BG45, BG10, YR09, YR07 YR04, Y19, Y15, Y13, E11, E00, E29, E27, E25
I just used my computer to generate the sentiment.

Here’s to a fabulous 2013!

More Christmasness

Hi there, it’s Ruby.  I’m counting down the sleeps to Santa, are you?

Today I have a couple of cards to share with you.  I’ve always loved cards with groups of three, so thought I’d use that idea for this card. I used the Paper Smooches All Yule Need set for this one.


Next up is a quick one.  I noticed afterwards that Jenny did something similar to this recently but I didn’t copy, honest.  You know what they say, great minds think alike!


Same set for the stockings, I just used the sentiment ‘Be Jolly’ from the Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler.

Copic colours - RG29, RG27, RG24, YG05, YG03, YG01

Hope you’re having a good week.

Ciao for now.

More Christmasness

Hi everyone, it’s Ruby here.  I’m working on building my stash of Christmas cards, finally making a bit of progress!

Today’s cards are very quick to make.  First up is one that I made that I really like.  I just stamped the tree and paper pieced it.  I copic coloured the tree trunk and then attached it to the corner rounded striped square.  To finish I added the gems and stamped sentiment.  My friend wasn’t very keen, I think she thought it looked like it had been thrown together, but I think it’s quite funky.  What do you think?! The Christmas tree and sentiment is from the Paper Smooches All Yule Need set.


Next up is another one that took a while to colour but it’s a very simple card.  This is from the Lawn Fawn Bows & Holly set.  All I did was cut out the coloured image and pop it up on a pre-made label.  To finish I added some candy cane striped ribbon and a little gem.


The copics I used were..

BG18, BG15, BG11, BG10, R39, R37, R35, C3, C1

I also made it in this colourway too…


Well I hope you like what you see.  I will be back next week with some more Christmasness.

Have a great week!

Jester Socks!

Happy Saturday! It’s Ruby here.

I did a swopsie with Jenny the other day for my card so I’m posting today.

Here’s what I created..

I used two of the Christmas sets from Paper Smooches ..

All Yule Need & Christmas Sampler

      

I have lots of these little jester socks coloured in. They are soooo therapeutic to colour and you can do them while you watch tv.  I also coloured in some of the socks on the bottom left and the more traditional stocking just above it, eek.  I LOVE Christmas!

I hope you have a fab Saturday whatever you are doing.  We have friends coming over today so I’m guessing it’s gonna be a little hectic!

Season's Greetings... Already? Really?!!!

Hi there, it’s Ruby.  I cannot believe that I have had to start my Christmas cards already.  Where has this year gone?!


This 5.5” x 5.5” card uses just a few simple stamps but I’m quite pleased with how it turned out.  At this time of year you need cards that you can easily produce and this one works great as a production line type card!

The mistletoe is from Lawn Fawn Bows & Holly, the little bird from Lawn Fawn Critters Farm and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches Christmas Sampler.

I coloured the little red tummy on the bird to make him a little robin.

Copics used…

• BG96, G94, plus C1 to add some shading.  Greys are great for toning down colours a little
• E33, E35, E37, R27, R24

Have you started your Christmas cards yet?  I have only made 3 so far! If you haven’t started yet it’s just 4 weeks today so you might want to get started!  There are some adorable Christmas stamps in the shop.

Have a great week!